Hodder & Stoughton
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
Editors' choice
Catherine de Medici came to the French court as a reluctant princess: young and naive, and yet somehow she knew…
Hitler’s War: September 1938 — War is declared
Many people regard alternative history as neither legitimate history nor legitimate historical fiction. Yet the past has meaning only in…
The Fields of Fortune
The Fields of Fortune is the latest work of the prolific Jessica Stirling. The book’s theme is not uncommon, but…
When the Duke Returns
I find James’s work difficult to fathom. She is a Professor of Shakespeare studies, yet she uses such modern phrases…
Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
This purports to be the story of Queen Victoria’s reign and historically it is reasonably well told but is so…
The Book of the Alchemist
Editors' choice
Imagine the Arabian Nights transposed to the Spanish Civil War, or rather the narrator transposed to Andalusia in 1938, for…
Invasion
Commander Thomas Kydd, RN, is determined to once again sally forth to protect England from the threat of Napoleonic France.…
The Final Act
It is spring 1944. Before the war ends, Richard makes a mistake behind enemy lines which results in devastating tragedy.…
The Alchemy of Murder
Set in Paris during the Exposition of 1889, this historical crime novel takes the well-known American journalist Nellie Bly as…
Zulu Hart
George Hart is the illegitimate son of a half-Irish, half-Zulu actress and a pillar of the British military establishment. His…
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